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GEORGE H. KNIGHT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW ,ONEILL OFPORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

Letters .Patent No. 66,503, dated July 9, 1867.

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TO WI-IOMV IT MAY CONCERN:

y Be it known that' I, GEORGE KNIGHT, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful improvement in Cookingvessels; andI hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, -and exactdescription thereof,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification.

My invention relates to a. construction. of skillet, pan, kettle,. orother culinary vessel, adapted to conduct oithe vapors and othervolatile ellluvia or emanations of cooking, boiling, &p.

Figure 1` is a perspective view of a frying-pan or skillet embodying myinvention.

' Figure 2 is an axial section of the same in place on the stove.

A is a lskillet or frying-pan, having on one side of it a descending'duct or ventage, B, leading into the stove fine. The cover C' may be ofthe common form, or may be provided with a small duet, D, extending fromat or near its centre to ltbe ventage B, so as to draw the vaporsequally from all sides. The arrangement of'v Vthe fume-duct B on theside most remote from the handle E places said (inet nearest theescape-line inthe position in whichit is customary for cooks to placesuch pans, namely, with thehandle projecting over the front edge-of`thestovfg and thereby lessensthe danger of a counter-current'of smokefrom the tire-chamber up through the said duct, as well as the too greatchilling of the front portion of the fire-space. Such position alsoavoids any preponderating n'eighton either side tending to turn the panin the hands of the operator. The arrangement of the rim F eccentricallyon the under side of the panbottom enables the duct B to'be carrieddirectly or'almost directly downward, and yet to communicate with theflue inside of said rim, soras to afford a direct issue whileencroaching very little on the proper area of the pan. The said rimmaybe either continuous or in arcs of a circle with spaces between;

-I claim herein as new, 'and of my invention 1. The combination of theeccentric rini F with the vertical or nearly vertical fume-duct B.descending within the said rim, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The combination oi' the'ducts D and B, with the skillet A and coverC, substantially ai: and for the purposes set forth. `l

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

GEO. H. KNIGHT.

Witnesses WAsH. A. RoEBLrNG, BENN Pun/LAN

